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14-letter words containing m, r, s

  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
  • omnivorousness — eating both animal and plant foods.
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • options market — a market in which options are traded
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
  • ornamentations — Plural form of ornamentation.
  • orthomyxovirus — Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
  • osmoconformers — Plural form of osmoconformer.
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
  • osteosarcomata — Plural form of osteosarcoma.
  • outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
  • over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
  • overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
  • overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
  • overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
  • overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
  • overestimation — An excessive estimation.
  • overinvestment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
  • overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam.
  • paedomorphosis — the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
  • pan-africanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations.
  • papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
  • paradigm shift — a dramatic change in the paradigm of a scientific community, or a change from one scientific paradigm to another.
  • paragrammatist — a person who makes paragrams
  • parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent message — (messaging)   What a followup follows up.
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